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Updated 12:07 am, Thursday, September 13, 2012

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LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 01: Head Coach Lane Kiffin of the USC Trojans greets fans with the Trojan symbol before the game against the Hawaii Warriors at Los Angeles Coliseum on September 1, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) less

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 01: Head Coach Lane Kiffin of the USC Trojans greets fans with the Trojan symbol before the game against the Hawaii Warriors at Los Angeles Coliseum on September 1, 2012 in Los ... more

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In this March 10, 2012, photo, Oakland Athletics' Manny Ramirez looks on from the dugout during a spring training baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in Phoenix. Suspended slugger Ramirez is scheduled to begin a 10-game minor league stint with Triple-A Sacramento on Saturday, May 19, in Albuquerque, N.M. Barring rainouts, the designated hitter and outfielder is eligible to be activated by the Athletics from his 50-game suspension on May 30--his 40th birthday--for the finale of a weekend series at Minnesota. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) less

In this March 10, 2012, photo, Oakland Athletics' Manny Ramirez looks on from the dugout during a spring training baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in Phoenix. Suspended slugger Ramirez is scheduled to ... more

The former Raiders and current USC coach is feuding with the media again. Kiffin banned Los Angeles Daily News reporter Scott Wolf from practice and the Sept. 22 game against Cal after Wolf reported that kicker Andre Heidari had knee surgery and would miss a few weeks. According to the Los Angeles Times, Kiffin announced a policy in August barring the media from reporting on injuries observed in practice, but Heidari was injured in the season opener against Hawaii, meaning Wolf didn't violate the policy. Wolf will be able to cover the Trojans' game at Stanford this weekend, but then will serve his ban.

The former A's farmhand is enjoying being a stay-at-home father and an evangelical Christian at his home north of Miami. "I feel good. My family's good," Ramirez told USA Today. "Thanks to God, I have a peace I'd never had. I have an incredible peace." Ramirez, 40, left the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats in June after waiting for a call-up that never came. He said he's fine with the idea of his career being over. "If the Lord says that's it, they're not going to open the door for you, I would say, 'Thank you Lord for the opportunity you gave me,' " he said.

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